#B9C627#B9C627

#B9C627 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.168 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C627
RGB	rgb(185, 198, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 80.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -22.62, 70.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 74.16, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.07 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.168 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5691, 50.8497, 9.5969)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C627 #3427C6

analogous

#C68427 #B9C627 #69C627

triadic

#B9C627 #27B9C6 #C627B9

tetradic

#B9C627 #27C684 #3427C6 #C62769

square

#B9C627 #27C684 #3427C6 #C62769

split-complementary

#B9C627 #2769C6 #8427C6

monochromatic

#596013 #89931D #B9C627 #D1DC4E #DEE681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9C627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#B9C627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C627

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C627	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 198, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.168 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d771',
    500: '#b9c627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c627;
$custom-light: #d2d771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.906,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79044,
    "c": 0.16846,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C627

secondary

#2C276B

accent

#3EEA4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C627

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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